Sheep and goat numbers (preceding December)

4.17.0.1 Sheep and goat numbers (preceding December) 1 000 head % of EU-27 % TAV 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 2010 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sheep EU-27 95 803 90 907 88 757 84 614 100.0 4.7 Belgique/België ( 1 ) 151 132 126 121 0.1 4.5 Bulgaria 1 526 1 475 1 400 1 368 1.6 2.3 Česká republika 184 183 197 197 ** 0.2 0.0 Danmark 98 90 90 ** 90 ** 0.1 0.0 Deutschland 1 926 1 920 1 852 1 800 2.1 2.8 Eesti 74 62 62 ** 62 ** 0.1 0.0 Éire/Ireland 3 531 3 423 3 183 3 122 3.7 1.9 Elláda 8 984 8 994 8 966 8 980 10.6 0.2 España 22 194 19 952 19 718 18 552 21.9 5.9 France 8 285 7 715 7 528 6 904 8.2 8.3 Italia 8 237 8 175 8 013 7 009 8.3 12.5 Kýpros 292 267 300 329 0.4 9.6 Latvija 54 67 67 ** 67 ** 0.1 0.0 Lietuva 43 48 53 59 0.1 11.4 Luxembourg 8 8 9 8 0.0 14.8 Magyarország 1 232 1 236 1 223 1 181 1.4 3.4 Malta 12 13 13 12 0.0 3.9 Nederland 1 715 1 545 1 091 1 211 1.4 11.0 Österreich 351 333 345 358 0.4 4.0 Polska 316 270 224 214 0.3 4.6 Portugal 3 356 3 145 2 906 2 512 3.0 13.5 România 8 469 8 882 9 142 8 264 9.8 9.6 Slovenija 131 139 138 138 ** 0.2 0.0 Slovensko 347 362 377 394 0.5 4.6 Suomi/Finland 90 94 94 ** 94 ** 0.1 0.0 Sverige 521 521 299 274 0.3 8.2 United Kingdom 23 676 21 856 21 343 21 295 25.2 0.2 EU-25 85 808 80 631 80 631 80 631 95.3 0.0 EU-15 83 115 77 969 77 969 77 969 92.1 0.0 Hrvatska : 643 619 619 ** : 0.0 P J R Makedonija : : : : : : Türkiye : : : : : : Goats EU-27 13 212 11 430 12 920 13 231 100.0 2.4 Belgique/België ( 1 ) 29 31 32 32 0.2 0.9 Bulgaria 496 375 361 356 2.7 1.2 Česká republika 17 17 22 22 ** 0.2 0.0 Danmark : : : : : : Deutschland 180 190 0 0 0.0 : Eesti 4 2 2 ** 2 ** 0.0 0.0 Éire/Ireland 7 8 8 ** 8 ** 0.1 0.0 Elláda 4 931 3 844 4 829 4 850 36.7 0.4 España 2 892 2 265 2 934 2 904 21.9 1.0 France 1 255 1 267 1 318 1 327 10.0 0.7 Italia 920 957 961 983 7.4 2.3 Kýpros 368 318 281 307 2.3 9.5 Latvija 13 13 13 ** 13 ** 0.1 0.0 Lietuva 20 17 15 16 0.1 8.8 Luxembourg 3 3 3 4 0.0 27.3 Magyarország 67 66 58 75 0.6 29.3 Malta 6 5 6 5 0.0 15.0 Nederland 355 390 415 377 2.8 9.2 Österreich 61 63 68 72 0.5 5.3 Polska 144 136 119 122 0.9 2.8 Portugal 509 498 ** 487 444 3.4 8.8 România 865 898 917 1 241 9.4 35.2 Slovenija 28 24 30 30 ** 0.2 0.0 Slovensko 38 37 36 35 0.3 1.1 Suomi/Finland 5 6 6 ** 6 ** 0.0 0.0 Sverige : 0 0 0 0.0 x United Kingdom : 0 0 0 : x EU-25 11 955 12 090 12 090 12 090 91.4 0.0 EU-15 11 247 11 452 11 452 11 452 86.6 0.0 Hrvatska : 65 76 76 ** : 0.1 P J R Makedonija : : : : : : Türkiye : : : : : : ( 1 ) Results of June survey. Sources: European Commission (Eurostat and Agriculture and Rural Development DG)

4.17.1.1 Sheep and goats slaughtered 1 000 head % TAV Average carcass weight in kg % TAV 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 ( 1 ) 2009 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 EU-27 76 615 72 374 55 666 54 322 2.4 14.2 14.1 14.5 14.5 0.4 België/ Belgique 69 65 37 151 311.8 19.8 19.1 20.3 18.0 11.4 Bulgaria 1 683 2 032 863 603 30.1 12.6 10.0 7.0 7.2 3.8 Česká republika 113 127 10 10 2.0 14.6 14.7 14.8 15.1 2.0 Danmark 88 90 90 85 5.9 20.4 17.8 20.0 20.1 0.4 Deutschland 2 089 1 775 994 997 0.3 21.2 22.0 20.6 20.3 1.3 Eesti 31 25 3 5 48.5 19.0 19.2 19.3 18.9 1.8 Éire/Ireland 3 264 2 919 2 729 2 383 12.7 20.2 20.1 20.1 20.1 0.4 Elláda 10 720 10 549 10 437 10 351 0.8 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.3 0.6 España 18 420 15 032 12 565 13 112 4.4 11.2 11.1 10.6 10.8 2.0 France 7 238 6 822 5 231 5 251 0.4 17.5 17.3 17.2 17.2 0.1 Italia 6 883 6 501 4 283 3 894 9.1 8.9 9.2 9.6 9.6 0.2 Kýpros 299 318 263 253 3.8 23.8 22.7 20.8 19.1 8.3 Latvija 22 27 9 9 0.7 22.3 23.9 22.5 20.2 10.2 Lietuva 49 49 5 5 1.8 16.3 16.2 18.8 18.6 1.3 Luxembourg 3 3 3 2 19.5 16.9 16.8 16.8 17.6 4.9 Magyarország 60 74 9 11 21.9 14.6 16.4 18.6 18.1 2.7 Malta 0.0 0.2 2.4 4.0 68.3 0.0 26.3 21.3 19.4 8.5 Nederland 877 758 752 687 8.7 20.3 19.6 20.3 21.2 4.4 Österreich 345 377 363 371 2.3 0.0 21.8 21.7 21.6 0.3 Polska 91 111 52 65 25.2 16.7 15.3 16.5 16.6 0.5 Portugal 1 354 1 248 1 074 1 128 5.0 10.0 9.8 9.7 9.9 2.5 România 6 683 6 321 119 377 217.4 10.9 10.3 11.4 11.8 2.9 Slovenija 11 10 10 9 1.8 12.6 12.2 12.3 12.2 0.8 Slovensko 143 156 80 84 4.8 8.2 8.1 7.3 8.6 18.4 Suomi/Finland 39 42 37 37 0.3 19.2 18.4 18.5 19.3 4.4 Sverige 232 236 256 255 0.3 19.9 19.7 19.9 19.6 1.4 United Kingdom 15 811 16 705 15 391 14 185 7.8 20.5 19.5 19.7 19.8 0.7 EU-25 68 249 64 021 54 684 53 342 2.5 14.6 14.6 14.6 14.6 0.5 EU-15 67 431 63 122 54 241 52 887 2.5 14.5 14.6 14.6 14.5 0.5 : : : Hrvatska 663 612 88 71 18.9 12.3 12.2 11.6 11.4 1.4 P J R Makedonija : : : : : : : : : : Türkiye : : : : : : : : : : ( 1 ) official slaughter only Source: European Commission (Eurostat).

29.11.2011 4.17.3.1 Sheepmeat and goatmeat - EU trade, by species EU-27 A. Live animals, in number C. Meat (per 1 000 head) B. Live animals (1 000 t carcass weight) converted Pure-bred breeding Other live to meat Salted or Total animals animals Total weight Fresh in brine, Prepared sheepmeat live (1000 tonnes or Frozen dried or and and goatmeat Sheep Goats Sheep Goats animals carcass weight) chilled smoked preserved (B + C) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Imports Extra EU 2008 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.1 1.0 0.0 66.6 201.7 0.0 2.6 270.9 2009 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.9 0.0 71.0 199.3 0.0 1.8 272.1 2010 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.3 1.1 0.0 76.3 162.1 0.0 0.9 239.4 Exports Extra EU 2008 0.2 2.1 189.3 0.7 192.3 3.0 2.7 2.9 0.2 0.1 8.9 2009 0.4 1.3 224.8 3.1 229.5 3.8 3.0 4.6 0.0 0.2 11.6 2010 0.4 2.7 652.9 1.0 657.1 11.0 4.6 8.4 0.1 0.3 24.3 NB : Coefficients: - Live animals: Carcass weight = live weight x 0,47 = carcass weight - Boneless lamb and boneless goatmeat of kid } Product weight x 1,67 = carcass weight. - Boneless mutton, boneless sheep and boneless goatmeat other than of kid and mixtures of any of these } Product weight x 1,81 = carcass weight. - Prepared and preserved meat } Product weight x 1,81 = carcass weight Source: European Commission (Eurostat).

4.17.3.2 Sheepmeat and goatmeat - trade with non-member countries (Q = 1 000 t carcass weight) Reporting 2007 % 2008 % 2009 % 2010 % countries 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A. Exports EU-25 10.83 100.0 9.99 100.0 11.46 100.0 24.01 100.0 Belgique/belgië 0.07 0.6 0.02 0.2 0.01 0.0 0.22 0.9 Bulgaria 1.04 9.6 1.17 11.7 0.67 5.8 4.56 19.0 Česká republika 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.01 0.1 Danmark 0.10 0.9 0.11 1.1 0.09 0.8 0.07 0.3 Deutschland 0.40 3.7 0.50 5.0 0.50 4.3 0.65 2.7 Eesti 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 Éire/Ireland 0.61 5.6 0.29 2.9 1.03 9.0 0.89 3.7 Elláda 0.07 0.7 0.00 0.0 0.02 0.1 0.05 0.2 España 1.01 9.3 0.90 9.0 0.61 5.3 1.37 5.7 France 1.73 16.0 1.20 12.0 1.66 14.5 2.40 10.0 Italia 0.90 8.3 0.11 1.1 0.07 0.6 0.06 0.3 Kýpros 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 Latvija 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 Lietuva 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 Luxembourg 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.01 0.1 0.00 0.0 Magyarország 0.04 0.4 0.00 0.0 0.14 1.2 0.37 1.5 Malta 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 Nederland 0.45 4.1 1.31 13.1 0.63 5.5 1.05 4.4 Österreich 0.01 0.1 0.00 0.0 0.01 0.1 0.03 0.1 Polska 0.01 0.1 0.01 0.1 0.01 0.1 0.01 0.0 Portugal 0.32 2.9 0.57 5.7 0.39 3.4 0.48 2.0 România 3.27 30.2 1.97 19.7 2.90 25.3 7.05 29.3 Slovenija 0.01 0.1 0.29 2.9 0.05 0.4 0.15 0.6 Slovensko 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 Suomi/Finland 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 Sverige 0.04 0.4 0.02 0.2 0.02 0.2 0.04 0.2 United Kingdom 0.76 7.0 1.51 15.1 2.64 23.1 4.55 18.9 EU-15 6.52 60.2 6.85 68.6 7.88 68.8 24.01 100.0 B. Imports EU-25 284.86 100.0 284.8 100.0 271.4 100.0 239.1 100.0 Belgique/belgië 31.32 11.0 38.2 13.4 28.6 10.5 24.7 10.3 Bulgaria 0.05 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 Česká republika 0.02 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Danmark 2.67 0.9 2.6 0.9 2.5 0.9 2.7 1.1 Deutschland 44.57 15.6 44.9 15.8 41.1 15.1 31.8 13.3 Eesti : 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Éire/Ireland 0.39 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 Elláda 9.66 3.4 10.1 3.5 8.4 3.1 6.4 2.7 España 8.39 2.9 7.9 2.8 8.7 3.2 9.4 3.9 France 25.50 9.0 20.2 7.1 26.5 9.8 21.1 8.8 Italia 7.60 2.7 7.9 2.8 6.6 2.4 5.8 2.4 Kýpros 1.13 0.4 1.1 0.4 1.0 0.4 1.3 0.5 Latvija 0.03 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Lietuva 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Luxembourg 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Magyarország 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Malta 0.58 0.2 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.2 Nederland 12.12 4.3 10.6 3.7 10.1 3.7 13.8 5.8 Österreich 0.18 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Polska 0.03 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.1 Portugal 2.86 1.0 3.9 1.4 3.5 1.3 3.4 1.4 România 0.32 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 Slovenija 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Slovensko 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Suomi/Finland 1.59 0.6 0.9 0.3 0.9 0.3 1.0 0.4 Sverige 3.76 1.3 3.8 1.3 4.3 1.6 3.8 1.6 United Kingdom 132.08 46.4 131.1 46.0 127.4 46.9 112.3 47.0 EU-15 284.49 99.9 284.0 99.7 271.1 99.9 238.5 99.7 NB: Coefficients: - Live animals: Carcass weight = live weight x 0,47 = carcass weight - Boneless lamb and boneless goatmeat of kid } Product weight x 1,67 = carcass weight. - Boneless mutton, boneless sheep and boneless goatmeat other than of kid and mixtures of any of these } Product weight x 1,81 = carcass weight. - Prepared and preserved meat } Product weight x 1,81 = carcass weight - Excluding lard and offals. Source: European Commission (Eurostat).

4.17.3.3 Imports of sheepmeat and goatmeat ( 1 ) t ( 2 ) % TAV Total imports EU-27 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 - New Zealand 243 117 242 425 228 562 199 100-12.9 - Argentina 5 525 5 708 7 410 5 819-21.5 - Australia 21 396 22 398 19 163 19 139-0.1 - Bulgaria : : : : : - Chile 4 618 3 844 5 676 5 818 2.5 - Uruguay 6 054 5 934 5 722 4 513-21.1 - Romania : : : : : - Other countries 4 149 4 473 4 908 4 730-3.6 Grand total 284 859 284 781 271 440 239 118-11.9 ( 1 ) Incl. live animals. ( 2 ) Tonnes carcass weight. Source: European Commission (Eurostat and Agriculture and Rural Development DG).

4.17.4.1 Supply balance - sheepmeat and goatmeat 29.11.2011 EU-27 1 000 t % TAV 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 (4) 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gross internal production 1 097 1 027 808 776-3.9 Imports - live animals ( 1 ) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - Exports - live animals ( 1 ) 4.4 3.0 3.7 10.9 194.8 Intra-EU trade ( 1 ) : : : : : Net production 1 101 1 030 812 787-3.0 Change in stocks : : : : : Imports ( 2 ) 272 270 271 239-11.9 Exports ( 2 ) 5.9 5.6 7.7 13.1 69.5 Intra-EU trade ( 3 ) : : : : : Internal use 1 362 1 291 1 072 1 002-6.5 Gross consumption (kg/head/year) 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.3-5.9 Self-sufficiency (%) 80.8 79.8 75.7 78.5 3.7 ( 1 ) Carcass weight. ( 2 ) Carcass weight - All trade with the exception of live animals. ( 3 ) All trade in carcass weight, with the exception of live animals (figures based on imports). (4) Official production only Source: European Commission (Eurostat and Agriculture and Rural Development DG).

4.17.5.1 Market prices for sheepmeat 24/11/2011 EUR/100kg ( 1 ) % TAV 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 Belgique/België (²) 424.97 460.83 464.83 454.47 2.2 Bulgaria : : : : : Česká republika : : : : : Danmark (²) : : : : : Deutschland (²) 391.00 412.56 424.13 428.62 1.1 Eesti : : : : : Éire/Ireland (²) 339.68 352.79 363.84 428.16 17.7 Elláda (³) 521.04 514.79 538.49 548.81 x España (²) 455.19 504.02 515.71 464.08 10.0 España (³) 606.32 657.82 705.71 642.03 9.0 France (²) 540.14 563.45 584.14 580.22 0.7 Italia (³) 655.41 628.61 608.29 524.29 13.8 Kýpros (³) 517.06 539.34 774.69 671.47 13.3 Latvija : : : : : Lietuva : : : : : Magyarország (³) 521.70 520.57 545.64 561.85 3.0 Malta : : : : : Nederland (²) 395.47 450.84 457.88 462.22 0.9 Österreich (²) 463.37 469.62 501.31 498.87 0.5 Polska (²) 317.04 326.64 338.06 355.48 5.2 Portugal (³) 383.68 396.87 439.00 421.48 4.0 România (²) 180.79 188.37 181.77 191.22 5.2 Slovenija 413.70 421.65 414.65 407.10 1.8 Slovensko 362.88 430.68 383.27 368.78 3.8 Suomi/Finland (²) : : : : : Sverige (²) 346.97 349.33 310.23 371.01 19.6 United Kingdom (²) 344.93 371.80 406.61 452.44 11.3 EU25-Heavy lamb 396.07 422.69 447.42 473.10 5.7 EU27-Heavy lamb 367.76 391.87 412.48 436.03 5.7 EU-Light lamb 586.31 607.33 637.69 588.93 7.6 Market prices for sheepmeat (EUR/100kg) (1) 900.00 800.00 700.00 600.00 500.00 400.00 300.00 200.00 100.00 0.00 (2) BE BG CZ (2) DK (2) DE EE (2) IE (3) EL (2) ES (3) ES (2) FR (3) IT (3) CY LV LT (3) HU MT (2) NL (2) AT (2) PL (3) PT (2) RO SI SK (2) FI (2) SE (2) UK (2) - EU27 (2) - EU25 (3) - EU 2008 2009 2010